Traffic: Why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us) - Hardcover

Vanderbilt, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713999314 ISBN 13: 9780713999310

Verlag: Allen Lane, 2008

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Why does the other lane always seem to be moving faster? Why are people so different inside their cars than they are outside them? Is traffic a microcosm of society, or does the road make its own rules?

Traffic speaks volumes: bringing together people from every walk of life. In this hugely enjoyable, curiosity-filled book, Tom Vanderbilt explains why traffic problems are really people problems. Traffic shows that how we behave walking the streets, on our bikes and in our cars is an astonishing cultural indicator; a living, constantly surprising model, what physicists call 'emergent collective behaviour'.

Vanderbilt chauffeurs us through why it's so hard to pay attention in traffic, why women cause more congestion than men, what factors make us more likely to honk our horns and a whole host of eye-opening highway conundrums. This book will change the way you view the world and help you better navigate it.

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Tom Vanderbilt writes on design, technology, science, and culture for many publications, including Wired, Slate, The London Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, Artforum, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine and Popular Science. He is contributing editor to award-winning design magazines I.D. and Print, contributing editor to Business Week Online, and contributing writer of the popular blog Design Observer. He is the author of two previous books: Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America and The Sneaker Book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Allen Lane
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0713999314
• ISBN 13: 9780713999310
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
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